'Flick' definitions:
Definition of 'flick'
(from WordNet)
noun
A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip"
noun
A short stroke
noun
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick]
verb
Flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn: flicker, flick]
verb
Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff]
verb
Cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn: flip, flick]
verb
Throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" [syn: jerk, flick]
verb
Shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" [syn: flicker, flick]
verb
verb
verb
Touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand"
verb
Remove with a flick (of the hand)
Definition of 'Flick'
From: GCIDE
- Flick \Flick\ (fl[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flicked (fl[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flicking.] [Cf. Flicker.]
- 1. To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash.
- Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos. --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Flick'
From: GCIDE
- Flick \Flick\, n. A flitch; as, a flick of bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Flick'
From: GCIDE
- Flick \Flick\, n. [See Flick, v. t.]
- 1. A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.
- She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a flick to the pony. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. A motion picture; as, I went to see a flick on Friday. [Colloq.] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'flick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 3-D,
- animated cartoon,
- beak,
- beat,
- bicker,
- birthmark,
- black-and-white film,
- blaze,
- blemish,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blur,
- bob,
- brand,
- breath,
- brush,
- bump,
- bunt,
- caress,
- cartoon,
- caste mark,
- check,
- checkmark,
- chiller,
- chink,
- chuck,
- cicatrix,
- cine,
- cinema,
- Cinemascope,
- Cinerama,
- click,
- clink,
- clop,
- clump,
- clunk,
- color film,
- come in contact,
- contact,
- creepie,
- crump,
- cut,
- cutaneous sense,
- dab,
- dance,
- dapple,
- daub,
- discoloration,
- documentary,
- documentary film,
- dot,
- dull thud,
- earmark,
- educational film,
- engraving,
- eyesore,
- feature,
- feel,
- feel of,
- feeling,
- fillip,
- film,
- finger,
- fingertip caress,
- flap,
- fleck,
- flicker,
- flip,
- flirt,
- flit,
- flitter,
- flop,
- flounce,
- flump,
- flutter,
- flyspeck,
- freckle,
- gash,
- glance,
- go pitapat,
- graving,
- graze,
- gutter,
- hack,
- hand-mindedness,
- handle,
- hitch,
- horror picture,
- horse opera,
- jerk,
- jig,
- jigger,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jot,
- kiss,
- lambency,
- lap,
- lentigo,
- lick,
- light touch,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- manipulate,
- mark,
- marking,
- mole,
- motion picture,
- motion-picture show,
- mottle,
- movie,
- moving picture,
- nevus,
- newsreel,
- nick,
- notch,
- nudie,
- pad,
- palm,
- palpate,
- palpitate,
- pat,
- patch,
- patter,
- paw,
- peck,
- photodrama,
- photoplay,
- pick,
- picture,
- picture show,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- pluck,
- plump,
- plunk,
- ply,
- point,
- poke at,
- polka dot,
- pop,
- pornographic film,
- preview,
- prick,
- prod,
- pulse,
- puncture,
- rap,
- rub,
- scar,
- scarification,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- sense of touch,
- short,
- show,
- silent,
- silent film,
- skin flick,
- slat,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- snake,
- snap,
- snatch,
- sneak preview,
- spaghetti Western,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- splutter,
- spot,
- sputter,
- stain,
- start,
- stigma,
- strawberry mark,
- stroke,
- sudden pull,
- tactile sense,
- taction,
- taint,
- talkie,
- talking picture,
- tap,
- tarnish,
- tattoo,
- tattoo mark,
- Technicolor,
- tentative poke,
- thriller,
- throb,
- thud,
- thumb,
- thump,
- tick,
- tickle,
- tinkle,
- tip,
- tittle,
- touch,
- trailer,
- tunk,
- tweak,
- twiddle,
- twitch,
- underground film,
- watermark,
- wave,
- waver,
- Western,
- whisk,
- whisper,
- wield,
- wrench,
- yank,
- yerk